Golf ball holder



May 30, 1933.

S. N. ANDREW GOLF BALL HOLDER Filed 001;. 6, 1928 Patented May 30, 1933UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GOLF BALL HOLDER Application filed October8, 1928. Serial No. 510,827.

This invention relates to ball holders, and more particularly to a golfball holder adapted to be worn upon the belt of a golfer for containinga reserve supply of balls.

One object of this invention is to provide a golf ball holder of theabove nature which will not interfere with the players swing and fromwhich a ball may be quickly detached when needed.

A further object is to provide a device of this nature which will besimple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate,ornamental 1n appearance, and very efficient and durable m use.

With these and other obJects in view there have been illustrated on theaccompany ng drawing several forms in which the invention may beconveniently embodied in pract ce.

Fig. 1 represents a vlew of one embodlment of golf ball holder as itappears when worn upon the belt of a player.

Fig. 2 is a front perspective view of the ball holder shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view of the same, showing a portion of abelt upon which the holder is worn.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of golf ball holder asit appears when mounted upon a belt.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the holder shown in Fig. 4, the sectionbeing taken along the line 5-5 of said Fig. 4, looking in the directionof the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a view of a still further modified form of golf ball holder inwhich the balls are removed vertically from the holder instead ofhorizontally as in the previous forms.

Fig. 7 is a top view of the holder shown in Fig. 6, as it appears beforethe base has been bent into its nal curved shape.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the same, the section being taken alongthe line 8-8 of Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a blank from which the holder shown in Figs. 6to 8 is formed.

, Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10indicates enerally the first form of golf ball holder ustratedin Figs. 1to 3.

In this form, the holder consists of a flat verical base 11 having apair of rear vertical dependin clips 12 struck-up from the metal thereosald clips 12 having rearwardly curved extremities 13 to prevent injuryto a belt 14, upon which it is adapted to be worn.

The holder 10 is adapted to contain a plurality of golf balls 15, threein this instance, in convenient position to be grasped by the playerwhenever needed. It will be understood that the holder may be worneither on the front or the rear of the golfers belt and that it will notinterfere in any way with his stroke.

Projecting forwardly from the base 11 of the holder are a pair ofhorizontally spaced aws 15a and 16, each of said jaws having theirextremities shaped to form resilient clip members 17. The clip members17 are inclined downwardly at 18 and upwardly at 19 to facilitate thehorizontal insertion of the golf balls 15 from the front. By means ofthis construction it will be seen that when the golf balls have beeninserted in the holder, eachball will be detachably held in place byfour of the clip members 17- and will thus be positively preventedagainst accidentally falling out.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, thegolf ball holder consists of a rectangular base 20 having a convexcentral ball-holding member 21 struck up therefrom, said member 21 beingconnected at its base 22 to the base 20 and having its free extremity 23curved outwardly so as to facilitate the horizontal insertion of thegolf balls therein from the end.

In order to detachably fasten the holder shown in Figs. 4 and 5 to thegolfers belt 14, the base 20 is provided at both ends with downwardlybent clips 23, which have rounded ends 24 to prevent injury to the beltand to facilitate the slipping of the holder in place thereon.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 6 to 9, the base 25of the holder is preferably bent to arcuate form as clearly shown inFig. 6. and has at either end thereof a pair of vertical belt clampingclips 26 bent downwardly from the base 25 as shown in Fig. 9. The balls15 are adapted to be held by three pairs of semi-circular jaws 27, 28,and 29, the jaws 27 and 28 being bent forwardly from the top of themetal blank 25, while the jaws 29 are bent forwardly from the base ofsaid blank.

In using the holder shown in Figs. 6 to 9, when it is desired to removeor insert a golf ball, it will be forced into position vertically fromabove or belowthe clips 27, 28 and 29 as the case may be.

While there have been disclosed in this specification several forms inwhich the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that theseforms are shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that theinvention is not to be limited to the specific disclosures but may bemodified and embodied in various other forms without departing from itsspirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications andembodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In a game-ball holder, a vertical base having means for attachment tothe belt of a person playing the game, a plurality of spaced pairs ofjaws extending forwardly from said base, the ends of said jaws beinginclined toward each other to partially enclose game balls between eachadjacent pair of jaws.

2. In a game-ball holder, a base, means for detachably holding aplurality of game balls to said base comprising two rows of verticallyalined horizontal inwardly curved ball engaging resilient sheet metaljaws, and means for clamping said base upon the belt of the personplaying the game, said balls being clamped by both side edges of eachjaw except the end jaws.

3. In a game-ball holder, a base, a plurality of spaced pairs of opposedjaws for holding a plurality of game balls to said base comprising tworows of vertically alined inwardly curved ball engaging resilient jaws,and means for clamping said base upon the belt of the person playing thegame, both edges of each of said jaws except the end jaws engaging aball.

4. In a game-ball holder, a base having means for attachment to the beltof a pla er, a pair of horizontal spaced jaws exten ing forwardly fromsaid base, each of said jaws having its extremity shaped to form spacedadjacent resilient clip members respectively opposing corresponding clipmembers on the other jaw with the ends of the opposing clip membersinclined toward each other to partially enclose a game-ball between saidjaws, the adjacent edges of the clip members engaging said game-ball.

5. In a game-ball holder, a base, means for SAMUEL N. ANDREW.

